Taglich Brothers Initiates Coverage on Cardium Therapeutics, Inc.

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - October 22, 2007) - Taglich Brothers, Inc. announces it initiated coverage of Cardium Therapeutics, Inc. (AMEX: CXM).

Cardium Therapeutics, Inc., headquartered in San Diego, CA, is a biomedical company that is developing regenerative therapies for the treatment of myocardial ischemia and diabetic foot ulcers. The company's surface and endovascular temperature modulation systems, which are already commercialized, have applications in neurosurgery, cardiac arrest, stroke and central nervous system trauma cases.

Potentially wide selling products are being developed or commercialized with a view to offering them for acquisition to large pharmaceutical or biomedical firms. The lead pipeline product, Generx, aims to reverse microvascular ischemia by promoting angiogenesis. A second pipeline product, Excellarate, is a wound care product developed to heal diabetic foot ulcers that are not responsive to standard treatments. Temperature modulation systems, a product line already commercialized, are helpful in treating neurosurgery, cardiac arrest, stroke and central nervous system trauma patients.

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